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Elliptical Orbit Question with no numbers

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Finding Speed and Volume Flow Rate in a Constricted Pipe

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How Have Large Vehicles Been Modified for Better Aerodynamics?

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Forces of gravity on protons and electrons

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Finding individual masses from total mass and gravitational force

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Lorentz Contraction and Chalk Guns

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Initial temperature of forging quenched in oil and rock dropped in water

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Work Done on Thermodynamic Path ABCA: 5625 J

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Can two charged particles both be 40 nC if the field is zero between them?

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Achieving an 895 km Orbit: Calculating v

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Object thrown from 75 m building at 16 m/s and 25 degrees

  • physicznoob
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Circuit Analysis: Find i, v Given R1, R2

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Conservation of Momentum Law- Recoil Velocity (Question)

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Total change in entropy, what am I doing wrong?

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Find the acceleration of the box.

  • rickylin89
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How Do You Derive the Compton Equation?

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Fluid Question and density tension etc.

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Find The Angle of The Electron; Motion of Charges

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What is the force on an electric dipole due to a line of charge?

  • KillerZ
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Total change in entropy, what am I missing?

  • asdf188
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Determine the length of the third segment

  • dnp33
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A few problems regarding motion

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What Air Resistance Force Does a Car Face at 65mi/hr?

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Easy Conservation of Energy Problem

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Charge enclosed in uniform electric field

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What is the solution for the two motion problems?

  • ajenkin9
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Solve Centripetal Motion Problem: Find Tension & Acceleration

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Calculating the Uncertainty of a Pool's Volume

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Calculate the entropy change of the water while it cools

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How much voltage is created when a magnet passes over a coil?

  • U4edot
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Final Speed of an Electron with 22kv Potential Difference?

  • SCorneliusJ
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Solve 3D Vector Forces: F3, Alpha, Beta, Gamma

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Temperature Change in a Radiating Sphere with Increasing Radius

  • Feldoh
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Mechanics problem - centre of mass

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A Sphere Oscillating in the Bottom of a Cylinder

  • hbweb500
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Rearranging the doppler effect formula to solve for Vs

  • hellokitty
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Minimum amount of hops for radiowave to travel from Amsterdam to Tokyo

  • Shukie
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Charge on inner surface of conducting shell

  • yeahhyeahyeah
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Calculating Electric Field of a Thin Rod of Length L with Total Charge Q

  • KillerZ
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Thin lens equation with multiple lenses

  • frank48
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Displacement Vector Homework: Magnitude & Direction

  • Kitty808
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Kinematics in 2d, plane drops an object

  • FlukeATX
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Mechanics - Work and Kinetic Energy question

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So, in a way, they are inverse of each other.

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Energy in a spring system and static extension

  • nokia8650
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Rearranging Exponential Curve Equation

  • mandos
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Problem in physic of electric charge

  • lovelycecila
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Sound intensity and level from a 36 W speaker at 48 m

  • hellokitty
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Vector components in Polar Coordinate

  • changazi
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Units in Gauss's law for total charge in box

  • goldenwest
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Direction of electric field at point X between two charges

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Determining g with a Compound Pendulum: Issues with Uncertainties

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Resolve Kinematics Problem: x, h, g

  • FlukeATX
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Vectorial Algebra: Parallel, Perpendicular or Neither?

  • sdoyle
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What is the weight of two suspended conducting spheres with given charges?

  • Kudo Shinichi
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Calculating Force On A Dam, Using Pressure, Area, and other Known Values

  • Beginner@Phys
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Electric Field Strength between Two Infinite Lines of Charge

  • KillerZ
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How Do I Correctly Calculate Vector C Using Unit Vectors?

  • J89
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Calculating Electric Field from a Bent Rod of Charge

  • musicfairy
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Explaining mechanical aptitude test scenarios

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How Does Pressure Affect Seawater Density at Depth?

  • Beginner@Phys
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Average value of AC over a complete cycle is always zero

  • atavistic
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How Does a Hard Disc Drive's Magnetic Field Affect an Electron's Motion?

  • Zimtstange
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Pressure, force, and Area: Calculating the net Force Applied on A dam by Water

  • Beginner@Phys
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Using the momentum of the ball to find it's original height

  • deadtreforest
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Solve Integration Problem: a=(-2v)m/s^2, v=20m/s, s=0, t=0

  • yoleven
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Electric Field: Deriving Equations and Understanding Charge Density

  • musicfairy
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How Fast Must a Ball Be Kicked to Avoid Hitting a Hemispherical Rock?

  • Ailo
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What Is the Tension in the Left Rope When a Person Sits on a Supported Beam?

  • future_vet
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Package dropped from rising helicopter at 17m/s reaches ground in 13s

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Conservation of Momentum and gravity

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Speed of electron in Bohr model

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Net Electrostatic Force on particles

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What Charge Value Would Keep the Moon in Orbit by Electrical Force?

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Coulombs Law, 3 charges 3 dimensions.

  • Oblivion77
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Wishing Well (sound wave) problem

  • becks723
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Is asking for homework help considered plagiarism?

  • Crosshash
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What Is the Net Flux Through Gaussian Surfaces Near a Charged Rod?

  • musicfairy
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Electrostatic Equilibrium: Where to Place a Third Charge?

  • endeavor
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Torque Experiment: Finding Mass 2 w/ Given Data

  • tsukasazero
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Sketching Electric Field Lines of Circular Arc w/ Uniform Charge

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Finding Velocity of a rock thrown into a well

  • Cheezay
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What Is Rosie's Power Output When Pushing a Box?

  • Yavko2510
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How Does Height Affect the Diameter of a Water Drop Impact?

  • DizzyDoo
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Where Will the Car Overtake the Truck?

  • mbecker19
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Understanding Derivatives, velocity and acceleration

  • intenzxboi
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Two equal ropes at 86° angle supporting 372 N weight

  • J89
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Electric Field in a Non-symmetric Sphere (Purcell 1.16)

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Eng. Mechanics I Bonus question

  • CJSGrailKnigh
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What is the speed of the bullet in a ballistic pendulum collision?

  • nns91
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How Do Units Affect Hydrogen Wavefunction Normalization in FORTRAN?

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Calculating Force to Tip a Box Dragged Across Floor

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